Talking Frankly is about everything from housework to human rights. It is a mixture of observation, commentary and opinions.
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Even if it means donkey love, I want it.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I don't give a monkey's what Tony Abbott watches on TV. I don't care who cuts Julia's hair. I can't name the current Green's leader (whoops). I think Bob Katter is a douchebag but his hat doesn't impact me at...
Is she really going out with him?
Late one Friday night in London in 2006, after a boozy night out with my beautiful man, we came home and turned on the TV and ended up watching the UK's inaugural version of Beauty and The Geek. And for the next few weeks we were thankful for the 11pm closing...
A day full of gheegle
I recently became acquainted with the word 'gheegle' which is a Filipino word which means "The irresistible urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute". It's a brilliant word and its a pity that English doesn't offer up something equally as...
In defence of Abbott
I never ever thought I'd be saying this and please nobody think it changes my overall view - but I think we need to give Tony Abbott a break.Yes it was a Young Liberals event and yes Tony Abbott is a Liberal and yes, mostly he perpetuates the xenophobic and small...
We know he’s a tosser
We all know Alan Jones is a tosser - its just been a matter of degree depending on where you sit on the whole left to right political spectrum. His comments were out of line, in a long line of out of line comments. I'll tell you what has had me...
The thing about death is….
it's permanent.There is no coming back from it. And it's an inevitable conclusion to life. And yet, we are so woefully unprepared for it. Not our own. In so many ways, it's easier to accept it for oneself. But for our family and friends...
Not so sweet on confectionery
Am I just ageing in some cantankerous manner or are the sweets of 2012 not a patch on the lollies we ate back in the 80s? Obviously lollies were a huge treat but when you got them they dripped with flavour and texture. These days they nearly all just...
The comfort of pinstripes
I had reason to see a neurologist yesterday. Nothing overtly serious - just a case of suspected carpal tunnel, which though uncomfortable is hardly life threatening. However, given my experience with the medical profession over the last few years, I got...
Three books in a row
As I am unpacking this afternoon I have just amused myself beyond measure by placing Elisabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love between Mark Dapin's Fridge Magnets are Bastards and Charlie Brooker's The Hell of It All on the bookshelf.I hated Eat, Pray, Love. I found...
After the breeding years – drink with caution
This is a brief cautionary and factual tale of derring-do.So off I go to a wedding which is attended by my parents and various members of my extended family - all of whom are grown ups in the proper sense. And we celebrate the happy couple's marriage in a truly...
Love is not hateful or unkind
Two friends of mine became engaged on Friday. They are a lovely couple. Witty, engaging and passionate about life (and the transport options available to those in the NW of Sydney - please don't bring that up!). To make the news official they updated...
The terror of tax time
Tax time is a bugger.The step by step forms, the simplicity of the online layout, all the loveliness of the help button - none of it takes away from the fact that I'm essentially dealing with numbers, and logic and it all just reeks a little bit of maths.I sucked at...